Amusement device.



0.. H. PEEK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.26, 1913.

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G. H. PEEK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.26 1913.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.. Serial No. 750,785.

of this kind, by means of which a large variety of designs can beproduced and which offers interesting and instructive entertainment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent two sheets offlexible material which are slitted to form the strips which arerequired for the amusement device embodying the invention. Fig. 3 showsthe two sheets in position for weaving. Figs. l and 5 show the sheetsduring successive steps in the weaving operation. Fig.

6 shows the sheets interwoven to form a .de-

sign. Fig. 7 shows the reverse side of the two interwoven sheets shownin Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows a design made by two larger sheets.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

A A represent two elements or sheets of paper or other flexible materialwhich are preferably of contrasting color or appearance. Each of theseelements or sheets con; sists of a plurality of strips which arearranged in two groups, the strips of each group being parallel to eachother and extending at an angle to the strips of the other group. Eachof the strips of one group is connected at one end to one edge of thesheet or element and the strips of the other group are connected to anadjacent edge of the sheet or element. The free end of each of thestrips of one group may be connected respectively to the free end of acorresponding strip of the other group, so that the two groups ofconnected strips form a plurality of substantially L-shaped strips, eachof which is connected at its opposite ends to two adjacent sides of theelement.

In the preferred construction of the device shown in the drawings, thestrips are formed integrally with the sheets. Each sheet is providedwith a plurality of parallel angular or L-shaped slits, the two parts ofwhich extend parallel to two adjacent sides of the sheet and whichdivide the inner portion of the sheet into a plurality of angular orL-shaped strips of equal widths. The opposite ends of these strips arejoined by marginal or border portions a of the sheet at two sidesthereof, and the sheet is preferably provided with marginal or borderportions a at the remaining sides thereof, substantially similar indimensions to the marginal portions a. The angular strips decrease insize from one corner of the sheet to the diagonally opposite corner. Sixof these strips are shown in the drawings, which are marked 1, 2, 3, 4,5 and 6, respec tively. 7 represents a projection which enters therecess or cut-out portion of the last strip. The sheets may he of anydesired size and may be provided with any number of strips. The stripsof the two sheets may be interwoven in various different ways to formdifferent desired designs or patterns. For example, the strips can beinterwoven in the following manner for forming the design shown in Fig.6. For sake of brevity the sheet which is shown with the diagonal shadelines will be hereinafter designated as green and the other sheet aswhite :-The strips of each sheet are all passed through the outer orlongest slit in the other sheet, so that the strips of one sheet willcover the strips of the other sheet, the white strips being shownunderneath the green ones in the case illustrated. Strip 1 of the whitesheet is then pulled out from underneath the green strip 2 and placedover green strips 2 and 3, see Fig. 4 under green strip 4, and overgreen strips 5 and 6. The corner of the white strip 1 is then placedunder the pr0- jection 7 of the green sheet. When this is completed, thetwo sheets will appear as shown in Fig. 4E. The strip 2 of the whitesheet is then withdrawn from underneath the strip 1 of the green sheet,Fig. 5, and passed over strip 1 of the green sheet, under green strip 2,over green strips 3, a and 5 and its point is placed under the point ofstrip 6 of the green sheet. The sheets then appear as shown in Fig. 5.This operation is continued, one white strip at a time being withdrawnand interwoven with the green strips until the design shown in Fig.

6 is completed. Any other method for interweaving the strips may beemployed.

A. large number of different designs can be produced by interweaving thestrips differently, and different effects can be produced by making thesame design in different colors. For each design, a corresponding designin which the colors are interchanged is produced on the reverse side ofthe two sheets. For example, the design shown in Fig. 7 is the one thatwill be formed on the reverse side of the two sheets shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 illustrates another design which can be produced by means oflarger sheets, or sheets having a larger number of strips.

The sheets after having been interwoven can be again separated and canbe used repeatedly.

While the angular strips are preferably formed by cutting angular slitsin the sheets and are, therefore, integral parts of the sheets, it willbe evident that sheets of a similar nature and adapted to be interwovenin a similar manner could be formed by securing together at their endsseparate angular strips.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. An amusement device consisting of two elements of flexible material,each comprising a plurality of parallel angular strips, the ends ofwhich are connected at two adjacent sides of the element and the stripsof one element being adapted to be interwoven with the strips of theother element to form a design, substantially as set forth.

2. An amusement device consisting of two sheets of flexible material,each sheet co1nprising a plurality of right angular strips arrangedparallel to each other and having their ends joined at two sides of thesheet, said strips of the two sheets being adapted to be interwoven toform a design, substantially as set forth.

3. An amusement device consisting of two quadrilateral sheets offlexible material, each. sheet having its inner portion divided into aplurality of parallel strips, said sheets having a border adjacent totheir outer edge, and said strips being joined to two adjacent sides ofthe border, substantially as set forth.

4. An amusement device consisting of two elements of flexible material,each element comprising a plurality of strips which are connected at oneend and which project from two adjacent sides of the element, the stripswhich are secured to one side of the element bemg parallel to each otherand extending at an angle to the strips secured to the other side of theelement, substantiallyas set forth.

lVitness my hand, this 15th day of February, 1913.

CLIFFORD H. PEEK. Witnesses:

DE Fonns'r E. FORD, JULIE B. DENTINGER.

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